SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11PROHIBITED FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION

Articles 19(3) and 28.

Firearms

1

Any smooth bore gun.

2

Any rifle having a calibre of less than .236 inches (6 millimetres).

3

Any pistol, revolver or other type of handgun other than a slaughtering instrument (within the meaning of Article 2(2) of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) OrderF1 2004).

4

Any air gun, air rifle or air pistol.

5

Any weapon which discharges a missile by means of a gas propellant.

Ammunition

6

Any cartridge for use in a smooth bore gun.

7

Any cartridge or load for use in a rifle other than a cartridge or load so designed that, when fired in a rifle, the bullet discharged has a muzzle energy of not less than 1,700 foot pounds (2,305 joules).

8

Any bullet for use in a rifle other than—

a

a bullet weighing not less than 100 grains (6.48 grammes);

b

an expanding bullet designed to deform in a predictable manner and thereby increase its effective diameter upon entering tissue.